The sun came out! So it was a day for me and a friend to head to the Boy Scout Camp Trail, dodging rain puddles here and there. A tree swallow cavorted over the river, making long, graceful swoops. We ...

Ah, the signs of early spring: we’re ready to trade our winter coats for rain jackets, and the first snowdrops, crocuses and red maple flowers promise that the wait is almost over. These delightful ...

The red maple is the first native tree to blossom on Staten Island. From a distance, it's easy to spot the bright red of the female flowers (at top of photo) and orange-red appearance of the male ...

Though considered invasive, this Chinese tree produces lavender-purple tubular blooms with a vanilla scent, and germinates ...

It's late April, and the pace of spring happenings has been speeding up. We now have a sunset after 8 p.m. and the days are reaching 14 hours of light. Late April can still be cold. Snow is not ...